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  How to conduct a basic church security survey

  Walk around your church. Stand at each entryway and look closely in every direction. Then think like a thief or a criminal.

  10/06/2011 - By Administrator

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  Churches advised to begin by assessing risks

  Concerned about developing a church security plan? Security expert Chester Quarles suggests starting with a risk assessment.

  10/06/2011 - By Administrator

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  Answering the call when nobody calls

  More an art than a science, matching a minister's skills with a church's needs has tested the limits of generations of pastoral search committees. And for Baptists, the task always presented distinct challenges.

  09/24/2011 - By Administrator

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  Some churches cancel children’s Sunday school

  Don't look for children's Sunday school classes at Ridgewood Church in Port Arthur. And forget about scavenger hunts and water park trips. The youth ministry is no more.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Why are American churches losing people with less education?

  A recent study reporting white Americans without college degrees are dropping out of church faster than their higher-educated counterparts has several possible explanations, researchers said.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  The U.S. State Department has designated eight nations as the most serious violators of religious freedom. The list of "Countries of Particular Concern" includes Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Movie challenges husbands and fathers to be ‘Courageous’

  Courageous—the latest movie produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.—offers a 21st century representation of a call first uttered in the Old Testament.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Study probes reasons why college students leave church

  A six-year study of about 500 Christian youth group members examines why 61 percent of 20-somethings who regularly attended church as teenagers later left the pews.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Should ministers get second chances?

  When a minister gets fired, will a search committee automatically set his or her resume aside or give it a fair hearing?

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Matching church and clergy methods differ by denomination

  Matching clergy supply and demand is a chief concern for all denominations, but various church traditions address it in different ways.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  To beckon Baby Boomers, adopt multifaceted ministry approaches

  Age means more than the number of birthdays a person has celebrated. It's a mix of chronological, psychological, functional and social factors, creating a complicated environment for churches to minister to older adults, said Amy Hanson, a national expert on gerontology.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

• Professors denounce ‘Christian Zionism’

  Two Baptist ethicists released an open letter opposing “Christian Zionism” and its effect on U.S. policy toward Israel.

  09/20/2011 - By Administrator